“It’s great to see Mayor de Blasio actually in NY”, Bloomberg said, poking fun at recent reports about de Blasio’s frequent out-of-state travel.
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NY Mayor Bill de Blasio, left, Nan Smith, center, and NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo, right, listen during opening remarks at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation dinner, Tuesday, November 10, 2015, in NY.
Had the judge who released Tyrone “Peanut” Howard been allowed to look at Howard’s long rap sheet of 23 arrests, including the shooting of an 11-year-old, he never would have released him to a drug diversion program, de Blasio told host John Catsimatidis.
And in 2013, the year before de Blasio took office and enacted Vision Zero, there were 237 fatalities, including 140 pedestrians.
The black-tie event is known for its humor, often at the expense of the politicians who attend and raises money for various charities. “All of this is focused on the notion that we are not having a discussion on income inequality in this country and we are not having that discussion at our peril”, de Blasio said. The former mayor went on to call the two elected officials “an incredibly close couple”, comparing them to Cain and Abel, Hamilton and Burr, Katy Perry and Taylor Swift.
Members of the NYPD rallied outside Gracie Mansion Wednesday night, unhappy with proposed pay increases they say are too small.
Cuomo and de Blasio were pictured shaking hands and smiling, putting their foil on hold for the time being. De Blasio served as campaign manager for Clinton during her first Senate run in NY.
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Reporters asked the mayor a variety of questions “on any topic toward more radio, TV and town-hall appearances where he can speak directly to the public”, reports NY Post a few of the posed questions touched upon the issues of homelessness, the police-union contract, affordable housing, among others.
